Art Specialist
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Art Specialist occupation series (code 1056).
The verdict
With 4 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce), Art Specialist ranks as a smaller, specialized federal occupation within the Information and Arts Group family. Its average salary of $62,235 pays below the federal average.
- Headcount change
- 0.0%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 21.1 yrs
- Rank in family
- #18 of 19
FedScope read on Art Specialist (thin series)
For job seekers weighing career length: this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement. Headcount moved sideways versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. As for pay, the latest move was a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change.
The Information and Arts Group family (code 10) groups Art Specialist together with 18 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Art Specialist postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Information and Arts Group family. Art Specialist makes up 0.0% of the Information and Arts Group family's 14,755 combined employees.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Art Specialist pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$62,235
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-47.0%
Where Art Specialist ranks on lean federal pay
Art Specialist earns more on average than 17% of federal occupation series (93 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Art Specialist sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Art Specialist.
Related Occupations in Information and Arts Group
10 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Affairs | 5,552 | $129,060 | 14.3 yrs |
| General Arts and Information | 2,759 | $126,733 | 14.5 yrs |
| Visual Information | 1,245 | $110,638 | 15.6 yrs |
| Language Specialist | 864 | $117,705 | 11.8 yrs |
| Technical Writing and Editing | 816 | $128,063 | 14.1 yrs |
| Writing and Editing | 760 | $138,055 | 15.2 yrs |
| Museum Specialist and Technician | 657 | $91,362 | 13.8 yrs |
| Audiovisual Production | 619 | $128,404 | 16 yrs |
| Museum Curator | 490 | $125,118 | 17.5 yrs |
| Interior Design | 355 | $105,579 | 11 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Art Specialist outside the Information and Arts Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (4 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($62,235 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Art Specialist pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Information and Arts Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Art Specialist postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.